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Dominican Sisters in Iraq – Displaced Christians face challenge of winter
Sister Habiba, one of four Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena ministering to displaced Christians in Iraq, was interviewed for a recent article in the National Catholic Reporter’s Global Sisters Report. Displaced themselves, the sister are now facing the grave challenge of winter weather as they struggle to provide shelter and sustenance to Christian families in Ainkawa. Read article Sister Attracta Kelly, OP, prioress of the Adrian Dominican Sisters, received a letter of gratitude from the Iraqi Dominican Sisters for generous support from the Dominican Family. But the needs are still great as the cold weather sets in.
Caldwell Dominicans![Above: Sister Mary Ann Mary Ann Clausson, OP (left) and Lorelle Elcock, OP (prioress of the Dominican Sisters of Hope) reminisce at the event. Above right: Sister Celestina Veloso Freitas, OP, representing Dominican Sisters International, spoke about Dominicans in the world today, and the impact of a Dominican education: "If our students receive this kind of formation, they can change our reality," she said. "[These students can] change not only the United States, but the whole world."](http://dominicanleadershipconference.org/domlife/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/hope-msmc-founders-day.jpg)
On Oct. 7, the Aquinas Atrium at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, New York, was filled with faculty, students and sisters in celebration of Founders Day. The history of the Dominican Sisters of Hope in Newburgh dates back to the 1800s. “Our mission of education began here in Newburgh when four [sisters] traveled from New York City in 1883 to establish Mount Saint Mary Academy,” recalled Sister Lorelle Elcock, prioress of the Dominican Sisters of Hope. “Mount Saint Mary College was later founded by the sisters as a natural extension of its mission.”
